UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton Visits RwandaJun 22, 2015UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton visited Rwanda over the weekend as part of her official visit to Africa. Committed to raising awareness of UNDP’s work in poverty reduction and women’s empowerment, Britton witnessed firsthand the agency's projects and their impact on African communities.

Sierra Leone's prisons: tough, but Ebola-freeMay 25, 2015Central Freetown's maximum-security prison was built to house just 234. Today, 1400 inmates are crammed between its walls. Cells are packed, record-keeping is haphazard and the authorities have barely enough to keep it all going. And then there's the threat of Ebola.